Paul and Dave,
Yes, we've definitely taken on board the mouse/keyboard/editor
comments from the feedback at the end of the last dojo. We've got
desktop machine running XP and/or Linux in the office that we could
use... alternatively, if you can bring a laptop that'd be great.
The reason I used my MacBook last time was because of the screen
situation... I *knew for certain* that it worked pretty effortlessly
with the projector and second monitor (a setup we want to use again).
Unfortunately, I'd been trying to get X to work with an external
monitor and ended up realising I'd rather stick forks in my eyes. ;-)
Anyway, here's how *I* imagine the setup to be to make participants as
comfortable as possible (on my MacBook):
1) A single screen shared from the laptop to the projector and a third
monitor that we'll stick towards the back of the room for those who
can't follow what's going on at the front because they forgot their
Opera glasses
2) A USB PC keyboard and mouse
3) A "visual" editor a la gEdit that is neutral in the editor wars...
(suggestions..?)
4) Python 2.6
5) Git
If anyone else would like to contribute a laptop/OS that'd be great.
If you can make it work, we should use it and we can always fall back
on my MacBook if all else fails.
As for IronPython... I suppose that'll need some thought before-hand
for the purposes of configuration. I know the Resolver guys will be
there to call on for help and I don't mind getting the thing to run on
Mono on my MacBook, but I think the whole subject of IronPython/Jython/
Pypy and cPython alternatives might be a good subject for a show-and-
tell type dojo (make your Python write once, run everywhere).
As always, comments, suggestions and good ideas are most welcome.
Nicholas.
On 6 Oct 2009, at 17:26, Paul Nasrat wrote:
> 2009/10/6 Nicholas Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org>:
>> Hello Pythonistas,
>>>> Just a quick reminder that the second London Python Code Dojo will
>> be taking
>> place 6:30pm next Thursday, 15th October at the same place as last
>> time (the
>> offices of Fry-IT, address at the bottom - the pub over the road
>> afterwards).
>>>> This month's challenge is to create from scratch a Tic-tac-toe/
>> noughts and
>> crosses game with an AI opponent - the first test for which can be
>> found
>> here:
>>>>http://github.com/ntoll/code-dojo/tree/master/tic-tack-toe/>> We discussed at the end of the dojo ensuring
>> 1) a windows keyboard/mouse available if on a mac
> 2) a linux image with gedit, vim, emacs
>> Do you want a custom livecd with python dev stuff/editors type setup
> or do you have a box available. I should have time this weekend to
> build an image to use at the dojo if that is desired (probably fedora
> or ubuntu).
>> Paul
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